Improved vegetable and fruit-faring knife



I C@limited @Statiee @anni @timmy HENRY SOGGS, 0F COLUMBUS, PENNSYLVANIA.

Lettere Patent No. 99,119, dated January 25, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part of the same.

To all whom -it may concern Beit known that I, HENRY Secos, of Columbus, count-y of XVarren, and State 0f Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in'Guards for Paling-Knives and Slicers fdr Paring Fruit and Vegetables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being'had to the annexed drawings, making a part-of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa knife, jith the guard attached thereto, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the guard detached from the knife.

The object of my improvement is to reduce the friction between theI knife and the adjustable bar E of the guard H, and thus prevent it from clogging.

lo accomplish this, l make the arms k h long enough to admit a roller, A, between the bar E and knife-'blade x.

The roller turns aboutthe points a and b, as the parings pass between it and the knife.

n are notches on the arm k of the guard H, for adjusting the same to the thickness of the paring required.

Having:I thus fully described my invention,

That I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The revolving har A, in combination with the guard H, provided with the notches n, for adjusting the same, constructed as herein shown and described, for

the purpose specified.

HENRY SOGGS., Witnesses:

SARAH M. BROWN,

J. B. DUNTON. 

